Rail-brace and tie-rod.



W. E. MILLER.

RAIL BEACH AND TIE ROD.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 27, 1911.

Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

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Witnesses Attorneys LID 1 L 52116 LE8 .1 brace l'igici 1' pc-siticn at all providi-d evzii'nin if t 18 01 said mil 111 broken I031: vii n current,

' intergosed in said joint and ihereof, so that shm'iid the )lO ied for t 'w'bnnissnm of signal '10 circni't will be poFsibie 11 ifwli'ninteii upon. and prothrough said jecting 1p Ynidiy from in: extreme 3nd of each 1;

ienibsi 11 in i2 0i? elm connecting rod 0i 6' 1?, npnn which is inelinted t" 7 rail brace L8, said ed in the Web 01 the rail alts 19; the. said-brace with til-6 elongated slots (a for {he reception )f $21 at bolts and to permit of the longitudinal 01' creeping movenivnt of the i'niis due to the expansion and other tini' ic condii'ions. In order to hold the flange l? npnn the end of the iofis 11 and 12 i R cotter pin 21.

What is ciziimed is-- evice i01 he -ing the fixed rails of :1 switch relative] '0 each other, COIN- I longil W 1' 0. Q(i incininneg- JUGS, 11mins mnge iiispmui upon said. stud,

he flange upon the stud and reiniively in the i'mL mid means? for seng the brase to His mil to permit of liUdHlili creeping or ot'pzinsiono'i the A (invim for s-cuiing the fixed 'ziiis of aswitch, 01 a means for securing the Same zwninst outward mmmnnnli gind '0 permit 01 ti nof 51m in expansion. compris- J12 V0 iir lzites provided. Hijil sinnildeimi pi i L I ends; means 1 scouring sniu iigei 1e27, :1 Ship 0 3 3 i insu e, the platen from each 1131', a, c vi' i [Mi i-lflifi i upon the er and 01 s-nid rods hem id the It1ii l. :i '1 i)1"'f having its flange fitting upon its earive stud and adjacent the Web 01 the p i, and means mmin above the flange the brace aiiva i v i0 n fin estinionv that E: cia' :1 he inn" 1.

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